Katie Johnson was kind enough to invite me to participate in The Monster Project.
Here's all of my entries over the years of 2014-2017.
Original brief info from the email all of the artists receive:
The process is simple, fun and forever meaningful to kids and their art potential.
Step 1: A kid draws a monster.
Step 2: You re-create that monster in your own style and a medium of your choice.
Step 3: We present the monster back to the kid so they can see how their idea came to life in a new way.
I always tried to stay as true as possible to the kid's original art.
Examples below show the kid's original drawing on left + my interpretation on the right.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/6d8cb05f-694d-4d03-b745-8de46034a19e_rw_1200.jpg?h=1f2e32d0b589a0e7ccb2bd7d12df93f1)
2014
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/50c8af41-9845-4b56-8cfe-64135873a00e_rw_1200.jpg?h=caf355b91f3e5fabd4f55c67d48c3be9)
2015
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/7033075a-051e-458c-8ee9-1e7ad6c765e7_rw_1200.jpg?h=dab877574e5caf69ae6f3ce0fc78dbda)
2016
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/e01d9e25-7070-4b36-badb-7f94a952d0c1_rw_1200.jpg?h=3e398d4254ee0fbf47d5220f8e215e24)
2017
Bonus behind-the-scenes stuff.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/5126d700-f5bc-44fa-9b32-46cea49fa06b_rw_600.gif?h=c6d69467ca0557259e3c17332cb6b3f1)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/61eb67f4-6d81-400a-b82a-5e66938c5bec_rw_1200.jpg?h=e3fb7591df3350997b2a89f020b390ea)
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![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/842ff7d7-3988-4d0b-b31b-15d2ba6cfe15_rw_1200.png?h=07cc867ad33f8b0a8fde079a07ce51bd)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/839c1d8f-3838-4349-90bf-b7bb39ab76b6_rw_1200.jpg?h=eaa87ad165bc29575208b621336de897)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e92075f872350edc20afa0d18cc4fc10/5907988e-dc7b-4014-96ae-58cd653921fc_rw_1200.png?h=1784b550d2568f356788f9b273d149d7)
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